External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Trent Ltd. (Trent) reported a healthy topline growth with revenues up 78% YoY over Q2FY22 (Covid-19 impacted the quarter).</li><li>Sequentially, revenues were up 10% owing to the strong recovery in consumer sentiments.</li><li>The company posted standalone revenue of Rs 1,814 Cr (Our estimates: Rs 1,755 Cr) vs. Rs 1,020 Cr in Q2FY22, up 78% YoY on a low base.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Trent Ltd. (Trent) reported a healthy topline growth with revenues up 78% YoY over Q2FY22 (Covid-19 impacted the quarter).Sequentially, revenues were up 10% owing to the strong recovery in consumer sentiments.The company posted standalone revenue of Rs 1,814 Cr (Our estimates: Rs 1,755 Cr) vs. Rs 1,020 Cr in Q2FY22, up 78% YoY on a low base.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Trent Ltd - Robust Performance; Poised for Growth!

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trent-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8410:1" rel="noopener">Trent Ltd (TRENT IN)</a>, one of India's leading apparel retailers led by the Tatas, is on an accelerated growth path helped by its recently expanded apparel retail chain, Zudio.</li>
<li>Zudio sells value fashion through its own stores targeted at India's burgeoning youth that is high on aspiration while low on budget, a hitherto severely underserved category.</li>
<li>Star Bazaar, Trent's grocery retail JV with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tesco-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22187:1" rel="noopener">Tesco PLC (TSCO LN)</a>, is also beginning to gain traction and has the potential to expand and grow its presence across the country.</li>
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Trent Ltd (TRENT IN), one of India's leading apparel retailers led by the Tatas, is on an accelerated growth path helped by its recently expanded apparel retail chain, Zudio.
Zudio sells value fashion through its own stores targeted at India's burgeoning youth that is high on aspiration while low on budget, a hitherto severely underserved category.
Star Bazaar, Trent's grocery retail JV with Tesco PLC (TSCO LN), is also beginning to gain traction and has the potential to expand and grow its presence across the country.


Trent Ltd: Trending Multi-Brand, Multi-Format Retailer. Value Fashion to Home Grocery

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>There was a lot of confusion around how NSE Indices would handle the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/housing-development-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:252:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Limited (HDFC IN)</a> / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-bank-ltd-4b6b7a92-9087-468d-9dbe-ab169e77f014" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:558:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN)</a> merger in its indices.</li>
<li>The market consultation seeks to change the index methodology to bring it in line with other index providers. That will result in much lower turnover than the existing index methodology.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pidilite-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20573:1" rel="noopener">Pidilite Industries (PIDI IN)</a> is a high probability add to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a> possibly in the first quarter of 2023. There will also be changes to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index</a>.</li>
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There was a lot of confusion around how NSE Indices would handle the HDFC Limited (HDFC IN) / HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) merger in its indices.
The market consultation seeks to change the index methodology to bring it in line with other index providers. That will result in much lower turnover than the existing index methodology.

Pidilite Industries (PIDI IN) is a high probability add to the NIFTY Index possibly in the first quarter of 2023. There will also be changes to Nifty Next 50 Index.


NIFTY Indices: HDFC/HDFCB Merger Driven Market Consultation

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Discretionary categories to clock another healthy quarter: Our discretionary universe is expected to grow by ~29% YoY (revenue) in Q2FY23 (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 19/17% resp)</li><li>Ticket sizes in retail remain elevated, courtesy higher ASP vis-à-vis pre-pandemic levels</li><li>Footfalls density is normalising too; esp in categories/companies with a higher urban presence</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Discretionary categories to clock another healthy quarter: Our discretionary universe is expected to grow by ~29% YoY (revenue) in Q2FY23 (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 19/17% resp)Ticket sizes in retail remain elevated, courtesy higher ASP vis-à-vis pre-pandemic levelsFootfalls density is normalising too; esp in categories/companies with a higher urban presenceContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Consumer Discretionary (Q2FY23 Results Preview): Expect a buoyant quarter; alas! bargains absent

<ul><li>Q2FY23 marked a cool-off in the key commodity prices including the base metals and the crude oil as against the Q1FY23 period that witnessed elevated commodity prices, which had changed the inflation dynamics significantly.</li><li>To curb the prevailing inflation problem, all central banks including the RBI have adopted a path of aggressive policy tightening.</li><li>The RBI increased the repo rate by 50bps in Sep’22 MPC, marking a total policy rate hike of 190bps to 5.9%.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Q2FY23 marked a cool-off in the key commodity prices including the base metals and the crude oil as against the Q1FY23 period that witnessed elevated commodity prices, which had changed the inflation dynamics significantly.To curb the prevailing inflation problem, all central banks including the RBI have adopted a path of aggressive policy tightening.The RBI increased the repo rate by 50bps in Sep’22 MPC, marking a total policy rate hike of 190bps to 5.9%.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

India

Trent Limited operates a chain of retail stores that sell fashion apparel, cosmetics, perfumery products and toiletry items. The Company sells apparel for men, women and children. Trent sells its cosmetics products under the "Westside" and "Trent" brand names.

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Trent Ltd (TRENT IN)

Trent Ltd - Robust Performance; Poised for Growth!

Trent Ltd. (Trent) reported a healthy topline growth with revenues up 78% YoY over Q2FY22 (Covid-19 impacted the quarter).

Axis Direct

NIFTY Indices: HDFC/HDFCB Merger Driven Market Consultation

NSE Indices' market consultation on merger/demerger treatment will significantly reduce index turnover. We expect the HDFC/HDFCB merger to complete...

Brian Freitas

Consumer Discretionary (Q2FY23 Results Preview): Expect a buoyant quarter; alas! bargains absent

Our discretionary universe is expected to grow by ~29% YoY (revenue) in Q2FY23 (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 19/17% resp)

HDFC Securities

Consolidate Q2FY23 Result Preview

Q2FY23 marked a cool-off in the key commodity prices including the base metals and the crude oil as against the Q1FY23 period that witnessed...

Axis Direct

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Trent Ltd - Robust Performance; Poised for Growth!

Trent Ltd. (Trent) reported a healthy topline growth with revenues up 78% YoY over Q2FY22 (Covid-19 impacted the quarter).

Axis Direct

Trent Ltd: Trending Multi-Brand, Multi-Format Retailer. Value Fashion to Home Grocery

Better positioned to ride the growth in personal discretionary consumption in India with its youth-focused, highly affordable Zudio brand of retail...

Devi Subhakesan

NIFTY Indices: HDFC/HDFCB Merger Driven Market Consultation

NSE Indices' market consultation on merger/demerger treatment will significantly reduce index turnover. We expect the HDFC/HDFCB merger to complete...

Brian Freitas

Consumer Discretionary (Q2FY23 Results Preview): Expect a buoyant quarter; alas! bargains absent

Our discretionary universe is expected to grow by ~29% YoY (revenue) in Q2FY23 (3-year revenue/EBITDA CAGRs of 19/17% resp)

HDFC Securities

Consolidate Q2FY23 Result Preview

Q2FY23 marked a cool-off in the key commodity prices including the base metals and the crude oil as against the Q1FY23 period that witnessed...

Axis Direct